Socket



Sept. 13,1927. H s. TAYLOR 1,642,517

SOCKET Filed Oct. 26, 1922 Patented Sept. 13, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,642,511 PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH S. TAYLOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SOCKET.

Application filed October 26, 1922. Serial No. 596,925.

This invention relates to sockets for multiple electrode devices, for example, electron discharge devices.-

An object ofthis invention is a socket adapted for mounting on a panel so that the edge of the socket shell is approximately ilush with the face of the panel.

Another object of the invention is a socket for resiliency supporting an electron discharge device in a horizontal position.

These objects are accomplished by providing an apertured plate adapted to be attached to the rear face of a vert-ical panel, supporting a frame from the plate upon 1'5 which is resiliently mounted a1 shell for receiving a vacuum tube, the shell pro'ecting through the aperture in the plate. he resilient mounting for the shell is so designed that when it is empty, the axis ofthe shell is at an oblique angle to the face of the plate but when a vacuum tube is carried by the shell, the weight thereof is Suiiicient to pull the shell into horizontal position.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, partially broken away, of a socket embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a section of line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a. bottom view and Fig. 5 discloses the socket attached to a panel and with a vacuum tube in position.

A rectangular metallic plate 10 having a central ,aperture 11 has extending from one face four metallic posts l2 which are arranged at the corners of the plate 10. The free* end of each of the posts is tapped and a strip of insulating material 13 extends across and is bolted to each of two of the .posts 12 and asimilar strip of insulating material 14 extends across and is bolted to the ends of the remaining posts 12, thus forming a frame on one face of the plate 10. A thin metallic'plate 15 having apertures to receive the posts 12 is arranged between the plate 10 and the strips 13 and 14. The .edges of this plate parallel to the strips 13 and 14 are up-turned to form sides 16, and end portions 17 of the plate 15, equal ap proximately in width to the strips 13 andA 14,

are up-turned in planes at right angles to that of the sides 16. A second plate 18 of lesser width than the plate 15`rests thereon and has the up-turned edges 19 parallel to the sides 16, the latter being so arranged with respect to the portions 16 and 17 as to form a pair of boxes.

The plate 18 is provided with a central aperture through 'which ltpasses a tubular shell 20 which fits into an aperture in the plate 15. Interposed between the plate 15 and the plate 10 are strips 21 of sponge rubber or other resilient material, the strips being arranged in the boxes formed by the edges 16, 17, and 19. There are also interposed strips 22 of resilient material between the plate 15 and each strip of insulating material 13 and 14. Each of these strips is apertured to receive two of the posts 12. The strips of resilient material vary in thickness, as shown in Fig. 2, so' that the axis of the shell 20 is normally at an oblique angle to the face of the plate 10.

Arranged below the plate 15 and parallel to the strips 13 and 14 is a strip of insulating material 23 extending across 'the end of the shell 20 and provided with apertures for receiving the terminals of a vacuum tube. This strip is spaced from the plate 15 by strips of insulating material 24 arranged at either end thereof. A third layer of insulating material consists of strips 25 provided adjacent the strip 23. Each strip 24 is provided with grooves in which are arranged the contactmembers 26 which are held in place by bolts passing through the plates 18, 15 and the insulating strips 23, 24 and 25, thereby serving to hold all these elements in their proper relation. The contact members 26 project beneath the plate 23 and have their ends arranged in position to be engaged by the terminals of the vacuum tube projecting through the apertures in the plate 23.

Each of the contact members .has one end bent and notched at 27 to provide means for attaching the lead wires 28. To each of the strips 13 and 14 are attached connectors 29 having legs extending outwardly from the portion attached to the strip. Each lead wire 28 is attached to one of these legs and the other is adapted to be connected to 'a wire of the circuit in which the socket is used. The plates 10 and 15 are electrically connected by the wire 30 to` maintain them at the same potential.

As shown in Fig. 5, this socket is attached to the rear face of a panel 31 by meansvof bolts 32 passing through the panel and the plate 10. The edge of the shell 2O is then flush with the surface of the panel 31, and when a vacuum tube is not being supported by the socket, the later assumes the position shown in Fig. 2. Upon the insertion of a tube 33, however, the weight of the tube is sufficient to pull the shell into an exact horizontal position, as is shown in Fig. 5.

The invention claimed is:

1. A vacuum tube socket comprising an a rtured plate, a frame carried by said p ate, and a shell to receive a vacuum tube resiliently supported by said frame at an oblique angle to said plate, said shell projecting through the aperture in said plate.

2. A socket comprising a plate having an aperture, a frame carried by said plate, a second plate resiliently supported by said frame at an oblique angle to said plate, and a shell supported by said second plate, said shell pro3eeting through the aperture in said first plate` 3. A socket comprising a plate` a frame carried by said plate, and a tubular shell resiliently supported by said frame at an oblique angle to said plate.

4. A socketcomprising a plate, a frame carried by said ilate, a supporting member carried by said i terposed between said plate and said supporting member, and between said supporting member and a portion of said frame, said supporting member being oblique to said plate.

5. A socket comprising a plate adapted to be mounted vertically, a frame carried by said plate, a tubular shell, and means for resiliently supporting said shell upon said frame with the axis thereof oblique tosaid plate whereby said shell will assume a position perpendicular to the plate under the weight of a tube arranged in said shell.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 20th day of October, A. D. 1922.

HUGH S. TA YLGR.

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